We recently took a look at important Canadian battlefield locations from the War of 1812, as well as a number of memorials. As a follow-up, here is a collection of equally-important sites in the USA, where the War covered a huge area, from the Great Lakes and mid-west, to the east coast and the deep south. We begin with Fort McHenry in Baltimore1. The distinctive star-shape of Fort McHenry, with the surrounding trench, was designed to allow effective defense from a land-attack, while the fort served its main purpose of defending Baltimore harbour from a naval attack. This…